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Boletín Científico. Centro de Museos. Museo de Historia Natural
Print version ISSN 0123-3068
Abstract
MANRIQUE-ABRIL, Ricardo Alberto; GARCIA-RIVERA, Ángela and MANRIQUE-ABRIL, Fred G.. SIGHTING OF TINGUA MOTEADA, (Gallinula melanops bogotensis Chapman 1914) Order: GRUIFORMES Family: RALLIDAE, IN WEATLANDS OF PAIPA AND DUITAMA, BOYACA, COLOMBIA. Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.2, pp.253-258. ISSN 0123-3068. https://doi.org/10.17151/bccm.2019.23.2.14.
A sighting of Gallinula melanops bogotensis Chapman 1914, in some wetlands of the municipality of Paipa and near the municipality of Duitama, Boyacá, from December 2016 to March 2017, reporting a total of five (5) adult individuals and four (4) young birds, is presented. Direct observation of their behavior, feeding, reproduction, changes in their morphology, sizes, colors of feathers and beaks were carried out. The species was identified and it was contrasted with the list of threatened species for Colombia obtaining the critical status category in accordance with the criteria of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Keywords : Birds of Colombia; Gallinula melanops; Paipa Boyacá; endangered species.